Sennelager QM to Ride 100 Miles for Charity

 

The Quartermaster for the Sennelager Garrison will be raising funds for the British Heart Foundation riding 100 miles through London/Essex on Sunday 26 May 24. 

You can help raise funds here in Sennelager in the following ways:

• Charity tins for donations are located in NAAFI stores and dinning areas
• Drop off items for a Flohmarket at Brydon House Welfare hub by the 8th May
• Donate via Just Giving using the QR code in the poster above
• Donate cakes (Homemade or purchased)  and join a garrison coffee morning on the 8th May. Bacon rolls, cakes tea and coffee available 

Any support that the community can provide will be gratefully received. 

Tickets For Troops

You are eligible to apply for tickets through Tickets for Troops if:

• You are a serving member of HM Armed Forces
• Have been medically discharged from the Forces since the commencement of military action in Afghanistan in 2001
• You have been awarded a medical pension by the Ministry of Defence and discharged after 2001
• You are the next of kin to a service person who has died as a result of their service

Serving members include both Regulars and Reserves, membership is not open to Cadet Forces, Officer Cadets nor MOD Civil Servants.

Serving members must have a valid MoD 90 (Service ID Card) and Service ID number to register and use the tickets available on this site. Those who have been medically discharged must enter the Service ID Number issued to them whilst serving in the HM Forces.

You will be required to verify that you are eligible to use Ticket For Troops. ​​

To sign up or to see the latest events, please visit www.ticketsfortroops.org.uk​.

Candle in The Wind - D- Day 80 Remembrance Service at the Mohnesee

 

HIVE 40th Anniversary: Request for Anecdotes and Memories

 

Garrison Family Day Trips - We need your input!

 

The Sennelager Welfare and Community Support Team are planning coach trips for all entitled members of the community with SOFA Status. 

We need your input!

If you would be interested in the day trips  please use this link or scan the QR code above to answer a very short survey.

Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust: Service Pupil Support With New Round of Funding

Great news for schools supporting Service children in the UK! The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust (the Trust) has announced a new round of the Service Pupil Support Programme.

Part of the MOD’s Armed Forces Families Fund (AF3), the Service Pupil Support Programme will award grants of £5,000 to £80,000 to projects supporting Service children along their educational pathway.

Civvy Street - March 2024 Edition

The latest edition of Civvy Street is available here​

What's On 23rd -31st March 2024

The BBQ & Streetfood Festival in Verl for the whole family

• 23rd March Saturday 12:00 p.m. - 10 p.m
• 24th March Sunday 12:00 p.m. - 8 p.m

Directions

12 Food stalls will cater for meaty, vegetarian & vegan choices. For the kids a  specially equipped kids area with a bouncy castle, while parents enjoy their food and drinks

For the first time, a selection of sports cars will also be on display, which may be helpful when deciding on your next car.

On Saturday evening, our DJ awaits you with the Food & Wine Lounge, where you can try our wine and menus in a great evening atmosphere.

Paderborn special event tours

31st March - Explore The Water Cellar- Paderborn Imperial Palace Museum 15:00

The tour is free to join you will need to pay €4.50 to enter the museum. Families get to the bottom of the legends surrounding the Paderborn springs and explore the spring cellar together in the museum in the Imperial Palace and in the Pader spring area.

Paderborn Easter run

27th March - Paderborn Easter Run

Enjoy watching Germany's oldest road race. Or you can register to take part in any of the public events held over the weekend.

Bad Lippspringe Forest Lights 

This event runs until Apr

Enjoy the forest with brand new lights for this year. Food and drink available from the beer stand. 

The prices for the forest lighting are valid from 4 p.m.

€9.50 for young people and adults   

€3.00 children aged 3 to 17 inclusive

Entrance until 9:00 p.m
Lighting until 10:30 p.m

Bonfires - Celebrate the end of winter in the traditional German style with a bonfire to scare of the dark of winter and welcome in spring.

• 31st  March Paderborn Easter Bonfire
• 31st March Arnsberg  1 hour from Sennelager - Arnsberg Easter Bonfire

Every year, Lent ends in Arnsberg with a remarkable Easter fire spectacle with huge fireworks displays.

On Easter Sunday, after dark, 350 torchbearers parade past the Stations of the Cross bathed in Bengali light and then form a huge cross on the top of the mountain.

With all the church bells in the city ringing solemnly, the pile of wood is lit and Easter songs are heard. A fireworks display concludes this remarkable event.

Ludge 46 mins from Sennelager  -  Ludge Giant burning wheels

Every year on the first Sunday after the first spring full moon, in Lügde, following the custom of the fathers, on the first day of Easter at nightfall, burning wheels are rolled down from the Osterberg into the Emmer valley at 9 p.m.

Recklinghausen Palmkirmes 1hr 20mins from Sennelager

The Recklinghausen Easter fireworks take place this week on the 21st at 9pm. 

The Palm Kirmes runs until the 24th March. 

Drive time to Recklinghausen is 1hr 20mins 

Victory Services Club D-Day 80th Anniversary

Bring your dancing shoes and prepare for an unforgettable experience as The Polka Dots take the stage at our D-Day 80th Anniversary Luncheon at the VSC on 6th June 2024! 

Cost £44pp 

Their beautifully blended voices, high-energy dance routines, and stunning designer costumes will infuse the event with an irresistible swing. Get ready to groove to classic tunes from legends like Glenn Miller and the Andrews Sisters, as well as cheeky retro twists on modern hits by Dolly Parton and Whitney Houston. The Polka Dots deliver each performance with a perfect blend of pizazz, professionalism, and audience interaction, ensuring that everyone will be up on their feet and immersed in the celebration!

New Defence Domestic Abuse Action Plan

The MOD Domestic Abuse Action Plan 2024-29 is a five-year plan detailing the key actions defence is taking to tackle domestic abuse. 

The plan sets out how defence will prevent, intervene, and partner, to support those affected by domestic abuse and ensure those who perpetrate abuse are held accountable. The defence approach includes the implementation of a coordinated community response model, data and research working groups and the development of a military domestic abuse practice network.

As an employer, defence has a moral and legal duty of care for our personnel. But we also recognise a responsibility that extends beyond that, as articulated in the Armed Forces Covenant, that those who serve or have served, and their families, should be treated fairly. This plan reiterates defence’s commitment to create and maintain an environment that does not tolerate domestic abuse and raises awareness of the work taking place to tackle domestic abuse within the defence community.

Access via the link:

No defence for abuse: Domestic Abuse Action Plan 2024-2029 (publishing.service.gov.uk)

Marienloher Straße - WWN Will Lay a Power Line From March 4th

Marienloher Straße - WWN will lay power line from March 4th


From Monday, March 4th, Westfalen Weser Netz GmbH will re-lay the power line on Marienloherstraße. For this purpose, Marienloher Straße will be closed on one side for around 100 meters from the Schloßstraße roundabout.

The work is being carried out using the open construction method and is expected to last until March 22nd in this first construction phase.

The second construction phase will then start, probably from March 25th. Here, Schloßstrasse will be closed on one side from the roundabout for around 100 meters in the direction of Paderborn. A new power line is also being laid here using an open construction method.

The second construction phase is scheduled to be completed by May 3rd.

New Sticker Album for Paderborn

Panini sticker albums and Paderborn Stadt have combined to produce a unique album for Paderborn. 

Starting on Monday, February 26th, albums and stickers will be available at all kiosks in the city, at many retailers in the Paderborn Advertising Association and online, from juststickit.de.

The album consists of 36 pages and has space for 212 original Panini stickers. The adhesive pictures show the city in all its facets: the city's history, the most important buildings, the stars and celebrities, the SC Paderborn 07, the major sports clubs, the surrounding area, the city's well-known brands and innovative companies, the best of art, culture and much more. Loving texts explain each image and make the album a real reference work. The whole thing is collecting fun for the entire family.

The project includes a circulation of 25,000 albums and 250,000 sticker bags including 1,250,000 stickers. Collecting is worth twice as much! 

There are seven gold stickers hidden in the collection that represent instant wins. Seven lucky people can win either wall boxes from Stadtwerke Paderborn or 1000 euro vouchers from the Verbundvolksbank OWL Paderborn branch for non-profit associations in Paderborn.

What the Panini brothers invented in Italy in 1961, more than 70 years ago, still fascinates young and old today: collecting, exchanging and sticking stickers. What began with football now exists in Paderborn - hardly any topic is more identity-forming than home. All of Paderborn – printed in Italy, on the machines that otherwise print Ronaldo and Messi!

The slogan “Collect, exchange, stick” has been expanded to include the term “learning” – there is a carefully researched short text under each picture. The album should and will connect generations.

FamCAS 2024 is now open, and we want to hear from you!

Completing the survey provides senior policy makers with invaluable information that facilitates policy change, in areas that matter most to the families and partners of Serving Personnel, so your opinion matters.

To check whether you have been invited to take part, please click here to access the Survey checker and follow the onscreen instructions. This works best in Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge! If you haven’t been invited to take part this time, you will have the opportunity to leave a comment instead.

Alternatively, you can go straight to the survey, by clicking on the below link or scanning the QR code below and enter your Serving Partner’s Service number to get started! The survey is online only this year!

Click here for the FamCAS Survey 24
The closing date for FamCAS is 22nd April 2024. Thank you!

                                                       

Which? Scam Warning on Safer Internet Day

SCAM WARNING These quizzes might seem like harmless fun but they could put you at risk of identity theft. You could be handing over a treasure trove of personal information to fraudsters.

​#SaferInternetDay

International HIVE (iHIVE) - Launch of additional Overseas Location Guides (OLGs).

Further Overseas Location Guides (OLGs) have been added to the iHIVE Blog. Existing guides have also been updated.

The iHIVE Blog hosts worldwide location information, to enable Service personnel and their families to find out more about a potential or current overseas assignment.

Overseas Location Guides offer location specific information to give a brief insight into a location, with the facility to fine out more from iHIVE from questions you may have.

Additional Oversea Location Guides added include:
· Canberra
· Oman
· Saudi Arabia
· Kuala Lumpur

Contact Sarah at our iHIVE with any questions, or visit the iHIVE Blog and view the guides and range of information provided to support Serving Personnel and families worldwide.

For more information please visit: https://internationalhive.blogspot.com/

Race Equality Week starts 5th February

Mission: To remove barriers and provide the solutions to tackle race inequality.
For more information please visit https://www.raceequalitymatters.com/

German as second Language Courses at the Paderborn Adult Education Center

The Paderborn Adult Education Center organizes German language courses at all levels of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) from level A1 to level C1. 

The offer is aimed particularly at people who do not have the opportunity to take part in funded courses due to time constraints or lack of eligibility. 

In these German courses for beginners and advanced students, qualified teachers teach German skills both in the evenings (usually from 6 p.m.) and in the morning from 10 a.m.

In addition to the traditional language courses, there is also a small selection of conversation courses and special grammar courses. All courses are held at the VHS Fürstenbergstrasse, Fürstenbergstrasse 40, and in the office, Am Stadelhof 8.

If you wish, you can take a free placement test online in advance on the adult education center website www.vhs-paderborn.de. 

RBl Pancake Day Sennelager 2024

 

Pancakes and coffee served from 10am -12:30 , 13th Feb at Brydon House. 

Donations received go to the RBL 

Soldiering On Awards 2024: Nominations Open Today

The Soldiering On Awards recognise, honour and celebrate outstanding achievements of individuals and groups in the Armed Forces community.  Nominations are now open, and close on 2 April 24.

Finalists in each category will be announced in Jun 24, followed by a Celebration Reception at the House of Lords in July and an Awards Night in Oct 24. 

For further information and to nominate, please go to Soldiering On Awards 2024 Awards Categories - Soldiering On Awards

Your Voice Counts – AFCAS 2024

As we enter 2024, the opportunity to get involved in AFCAS is almost at its end. Don’t miss the chance to voice your thoughts.

Complete the annual survey to help Defence achieve its goal of improving the daily lives for members of the Armed Forces and their families. Every response counts.

Everyone can have their say, whether in the selected sample or not!

- If you have been selected to complete AFCAS, you will have been sent an email containing information on how to access the survey.

- If you aren’t in the sample, you can still make your voice heard by completing the shorter survey.

- Don’t miss your chance to tell Defence what is going well and where we can improve.

- The valuable feedback you provide will go a long way in supporting the lives of our serving personnel and their families.

- Completing the AFCAS Survey allows a safe space for you to share your thoughts and opinions on what you feel most positively about as well as what you feel needs changing.